Gary David Bray and Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., and David Steven Littlefield v. Gregory L. Fenves, in His Capacity as the President of the University of Texas at Austin, 06-15-00075-CV

Plaintiffs Bray, SCV, and Littlefield challenge UT Austin statue relocations affecting Jefferson Davis and Woodrow Wilson.
Fenves, UT Austin President, announced a Task Force and relocation plan for the statues to address campus controversy.
The Littlefield trust funds the statues; trustees have discretion on placement to give prominence to the statues.
Plaintiffs filed suit seeking injunctions and declarations under the UDJA and Government Code provisions.
Trial court granted Fenves’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed; appellate review is de novo on jurisdiction.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Standing to sue for injury	Bray lacks standing; seeks relief for generalized injury	No individual standing; no unique injury to Bray, SCV, or Littlefield	No standing; trial court properly dismissed
Taxpayer standing	Taxpayer exception allows standing for public funds	No illegal expenditure; UT authority to relocate statues	No taxpayer standing; dismissal affirmed
Associational standing	SCV has standing via association of members	Members lack individual standing; no germane injuries	No associational standing; dismissal affirmed
Standing to enforce public charitable trust	Open Courts/Trust enforcement confers standing	Public-charitable-trust enforcement requires trustees/AG; plaintiffs lack standing	No standing to enforce public charitable trust
Applicability of Gov’t Code 2166.5011	Statutes govern removal/relocation; apply to monuments	Davis/Wilson not Texas citizens; 2166.5011 unconstitutional here	2166.5011 inapplicable; statues not monuments under §2166.5011(a)(2)

Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984) (traditional standing requirements)
Bland Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Blue, 34 S.W.3d 547 (Tex. 2000) (standing; taxpayer exception)
Tex. Ass’n of Bus. v. Tex. Air Control Bd., 852 S.W.2d 440 (Tex. 1993) (standing framework for associations)
Brown v. Todd, 53 S.W.3d 297 (Tex. 2001) (injury required distinct from public at large)
Gray v. St. Matthews Cathedral Endowment Fund, Inc., 544 S.W.2d 488 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 1976) (public charity standing limitations)
Coffee v. William Marsh Rice University, 403 S.W.2d 340 (Tex. 1966) (charitable-trust enforcement; who may sue)
Reed v. Prince, 194 S.W.3d 101 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2006) (jurisdictional pleadings; plea to jurisdiction)
City of Houston v. Rhule, 417 S.W.3d 440 (Tex. 2013) (standards for jurisdictional review)
Meyer v. Holle, 83 Tex. 623, 19 S.W. 154 (1892) (charitable trusts/American law lineage)
South Tex. Water Auth. v. Lomas, 223 S.W.3d 304 (Tex. 2007) (standing for public rights)